Oscar Byström (1821−1909)

Nunnesång i Vadstena kloster (1300-talet). Ur Birgittas antifonarie [sic; antifonarium] ("Celestis erat curia") [Nuns' song in Vadstena Abbey (14th century). From Birgitta's (Saint Bridget of Sweden) antiphonary]

Print
  • Year of composition: 1870s (?)
  • Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
  • Text author: According to some sources this text in Latin was written by the confessor of Saint Bridget of Sweden, Petrus av Skänninge [Peter of/from Skänninge], also known as Petrus Olavi (1298-1378)
  • Duration: Approx. 1-5 min

Solo voices/choir

S.A.T.B.

Examples of printed editions

Svenska Skolkvartetten. Andra samlingen, 100 fyrstämmiga sånger [Svenska Skolkvartetten. Volume 2, 100 four-part songs] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1946]

Description of work

Adagio (Ionian [Gregorian/church] mode) G major 3/4

Libretto/text

Celestis erat curia,
pulchris repleta floribus,
pars nona quorum marcuit
ex aquilonis furia